Child Care Assistance Program:  Child Care Assistance may not count some of your income if you have expenses such as child support. If you are close to the income limit, we recommend that you still apply.

Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): SNAP may not count some of your income if you have expenses such as child support. If you are close to the income limit, we recommend that you still apply.

Children’s Health Insurance Program: 
The Children’s Health Insurance Program does not look at resources. 

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC):
Investment income must be $3,100 or less for Tax Year 2009.

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program:
LIEAP does not look at resources.

Sales Tax on Food Refund Program (STFR):
STFR does not look at resources.

School Meal Program:
The School Meal Program does not look at resources.

Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
Household resources must be less than $2,000 ($3,000 for households that include a member age 60 or older or a disabled household member).  Home, lot and most vehicles are excluded.

Children's Health Insurance Program:
You must be a current South Dakota resident.

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
There are no South Dakota residency requirements. However, you must have lived in the U.S. the entire tax year to claim the EITC.

Energy Assistance:
You must be a resident of the county in which you are applying for assistance.

Sales Tax on Food Refund Program: 
You must be a current South Dakota resident.

School Meal Program:
South Dakota residency is not required if your child is enrolled in school.  

Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
You must be a current South Dakota resident.

Child Care Assistance Program: Children for whom you are applying for Child Care Assistance must be U.S. citizens or have acceptable immigration status. Parents or other caregivers do not have to be U.S. citizens or have acceptable immigration status, but they do need to provide a Social Security number, proof of identity and residence.

Children's Health Insurance Program:  Must be a U.S. citizen, national or qualified alien.

Low-Income Energy Assistance: You do not need to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or immigration status. You will be asked to provide Social Security numbers on the application. However, you are not required to provide Social Security numbers; failure to provide them will not affect your ability to get benefits.

Sales Tax on Food Refund Program:  You must be a citizen, national or have legal resident status in the United States.

School Meal Program:  A parent's or child's immigration status does not matter as long as the child is enrolled in school.

Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):  You must meet legal resident status requirements.  Also you must have a Social Security Number (or must have applied for one).

• Regulated: Providers who are registered or licensed by Child Care Services. These can include family day cares, group family day cares, and day care centers.

• In-process: Providers who are in the process of becoming registered or licensed, who have submitted a signed application to the Child Care Services licensing worker.

• Relatives: An aunt, uncle, grandparent, great grandparent, or non-resident sibling to the child of at least 18 years of age.

• In-home: A provider at least 18 years of age who comes into your home and provides care to your children only. That person must be screened on the South Dakota Registry for Child Abuse/Neglect.

• Informal care: A family friend or neighbor at least 18 years of age who cares for your children only. That person must be screened on the South Dakota Registry for Child Abuse/Neglect. If you choose a relative, in-home or informal care provider, he/she will receive a packet with complete instructions.

• For SNAP (formerly food stamps), EITC money is not counted as an asset for 12 months after it was received.
• Money placed in an Individual Development Account (IDA) is never counted toward asset limits.